The LSU offense is missing some senior leadership that left early for the NFL (Mauck, Clayton). They still have a lot to learn, but the talent is there. They lost a game last year and still won the national championship.
The LSU defense is very strong again. LSU led the nation in scoring defense last year holding opponents to 11 points a game. So far this year the defense is holding opponents to . . . 11 points a game.
A single one-point loss on the road to a Top-10 opponent on a controversial call. It ain't like LSU got an ***-whippin' or something. I predicted a 9-2 season and a BCS bowl for LSU and I'm sticking to it. Way too early to count LSU out.